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Sarah Palin On Bristol’s DWTS Effort: ‘Haters Are Going To Hate… So We Might As Well Dance’

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The nation may be in a tizzy over Bristol Palin‘s final appearance on Dancing with the Stars, but no one is more excited for her than proud mama grizzly Sarah . In an hour-long specially appearance with Sean Hannity tonight, the proud mother echoed Bristol’s philosophy that “haters are going to hate” and praised the teen mom-turned-dancing-abstinence-advocate for “committing to a cause that’s worth it.”

Hannity questioned the elder Palin on the recent controversy surrounding the final round of the dance competition, wherein many accused the program of being “rigged” and feared the network airing it was making a political statement in passing Bristol on to the final. Palin explained the way the voting system works– in such a way that “the American people” decide– and then let her words soar up to a mini-motivational speech that would’ve made Tony Robbins green with envy. “Haters are going to hate,” she noted, and paraphrased Bristol’s philosophy: “doesn’t matter what we do we’re going to get criticized anyway, so we might as well dance.”

But dancing was not the only activity Sarah Palin wholeheartedly endorsed as a “cause that’s worth it”– she also felt that, given the “haters” axiom, she and her family might as well “dance and fly and soar and serve and speak about issues that are important to this country.” Well, one of those things is not quite like the other, but it’s the thought (or lack thereof) that counts.

Sarah Palin’s motivational comments on tonight’s Hannity via Fox News below:

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  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Go Bristol go.

  • http://www.libertarianism.com/ Jack Burns

    I’d rather see Sarah dance…

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Please Bristol, win.

    Then ten million dance fans can join the rest of Americans who are sick of the whole goddamn Palin Klan.

  • Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack

    Congratulations to the Freepers for once again proving that they will vote personality over ability every time, as long they think it furthers their far right agenda; that includes something as frivolous as a television dancing competition that should be free of politics.

  • Atticus Draco

    Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack said:
    ” Well, one of those things is not quite like the other, but it’s the thought (or lack thereof) that counts.

    ” Well, one of those things is not quite like the other, but it’s the thought (or lack thereof) that counts.

  • Atticus Draco

    Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack said:
    Congratulations to the Freepers for once again proving that they will vote personality over ability every time, as long they think it furthers their far right agenda; that includes something as frivolous as a television dancing competition that should be free of politics.

    ” Well, one of those things is not quite like the other, but it’s the thought (or lack thereof) that counts.

  • Hawk11

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Go Bristol go.

    You go Gordo!!!! Most men are watching Monday Night Football right now, but you’re the real man… worshiping a 19 year old girl in a dance competition.

    :)

  • MediaWhore

    Gordon, is it your moustache or your wig that insists on watching Dancing With the Stars?

  • Kird

    MediaWhore said:
    Gordon, is it your moustache or your wig that insists on watching Dancing With the Stars?

    You two should hook up.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Martin/43100610 Jon Martin

    Quite a vocabulary that Mrs. Palin has. She isn’t quite sure of the capital of Kansas… but she knows when she sees a hater.

    What an honorable choice or president. Get her up there, haters gunna hate. Lets just completely ignore any reasons those haters might have, they must automatically all be jealous… of what, I’m not exactly sure. I don’t even know what Sarah Palin’s job would be considered right now.

  • Atticus Draco

    Jon Martin said:
    Lets just completely ignore any reasons those haters might have,

    What are the reasons for her haters,,
    What has she done to you or anybody else Jon?

  • jjay7381

    The only thing I’m hating on is her stylist!

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Atticus Draco said:
    What are the reasons for her haters,,
    What has she done to you or anybody else Jon?

    I don’t like her because she’s a mean-spirited, son-of-a-bitch, attack dog for the far right.

    Was it really necessary to attack Michelle Obama as unpatriotic and America-hating in her new book?
    No, it wasn’t. The election is over and Michelle never ran for anything anyway. But she needs to cater to her base of teabloggers and loons, and nothing does that better than popping a cap in Michelle’s ass.

    So if she is gonna dish it then she better damn well learn how to take it. And her little dog too!!!

  • Atticus Draco

    jjay7381 said:
    The only thing I’m hating on is her stylist!

    lol,, yeah,, my thots exactly,,
    “WTF are you wearin’?!”
    NOt a fan of her outfit tonight

  • Atticus Draco

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    I don’t like her because she’s a mean-spirited, son-of-a-bitch, attack dog for the far right.

    Was it really necessary to attack Michelle Obama as unpatriotic and America-hating in her new book?
    No, it wasn’t. The election is over and Michelle never ran for anything anyway. But she needs to cater to her base of teabloggers and loons, and nothing does that better than popping a cap in Michelle’s ass.

    So if she is gonna dish it then she better damn well learn how to take it. And her little dog too!!!

    You name is NOT JON
    i already know you biases ,, and i;ve only been her a few weeks
    And your answer is NOT all that hard to predict

    ON a side note,,
    i was NOT happy to learn of her comment in her new book on Michelle,,
    i thot that to be a dumb move on her Sarah’s part
    Tho i agree what Sarah,, if i heard the quote correctly,,
    i dont think it was needed for this instance

  • jrcmi

    gordimblowhard blabs:
    Go Bristol go.

    NO Bristol NO!

    I wonder how many of those Bristol votes came from gordim’s mom’s basement, aka gordimworld radio headquarters.

    While she may not be a bad person, she dances like a Clydesdale.

    gordim IS a bad person who THINKS like a Clydesdale.

    No, wait. That was unfair to Clydesdales.

    Atticus Draco said:
    What are the reasons for her haters,,
    What has she done to you or anybody else Jon?

    All posts are “fair game” for comment, Attakus. BFD made valid points.

    In my case, “hatred” is too strong a word. I am offended by her superficiality and dislike her lack of substance, along with her inability to engage in thoughtful discourse. Also, she wants the trappings of elected office but not the responsibilities, apparently.

    Why does she have to have done something to someone personally to justify a negative reaction to her? She has made her inadequacies abundantly clear through her media appearances – which is why she now only makes them in “friendly territory” like Fakes “News.”

  • Just4thefax

    jrcmi said:
    NO Bristol NO! I wonder how many of those Bristol votes came from gordim’s mom’s basement, aka gordimworld radio headquarters. While she may not be a bad person, she dances like a Clydesdale. gordim IS a bad person who THINKS like a Clydesdale. No, wait. That was unfair to Clydesdales. All posts are “fair game” for comment, Attakus. BFD made valid points. In my case, “hatred” is too strong a word. I am offended by her superficiality and dislike her lack of substance, along with her inability to engage in thoughtful discourse. Also, she wants the trappings of elected office but not the responsibilities, apparently. Why does she have to have done something to someone personally to justify a negative reaction to her? She

    Fact: Knowing you have mental genetic defects that medicine can’t cure hinder thoughts and processes you have or does the Forrest Gump like post you make you feel as if you belong in society with the normal humans.has made her inadequacies abundantly clear through her media appearances – which is why she now only makes them in “friendly territory” like Fakes “News.”

  • Just4thefax

    jrcmi said:
    NO Bristol NO! I wonder how many of those Bristol votes came from gordim’s mom’s basement, aka gordimworld radio headquarters. While she may not be a bad person, she dances like a Clydesdale. gordim IS a bad person who THINKS like a Clydesdale. No, wait. That was unfair to Clydesdales. All posts are “fair game” for comment, Attakus. BFD made valid points. In my case, “hatred” is too strong a word. I am offended by her superficiality and dislike her lack of substance, along with her inability to engage in thoughtful discourse. Also, she wants the trappings of elected office but not the responsibilities, apparently. Why does she have to have done something to someone personally to justify a negative reaction to her? She has made her inadequacies abundantly clear through her media appearances – which is why she now only makes them in “friendly territory” like Fakes “News.”

    Fact: Knowing you have mental genetic defects that medicine can’t cure hinder thoughts and processes you have or does the Forrest Gump like post you make you feel as if you belong in society with the normal humans.

  • Atticus Draco

    jrcmi said:
    In my case, “hatred” is too strong a word. I am offended by her

    That sounds rather emotional,,
    Did Sarah Paling hurt your feelings jr?
    Seriously jr,, u get hurt over assumptions & projections?

  • Drew

    “Hannity questioned the elder Palin on the recent controversy surrounding the final round of the dance competition, wherein many accused the program of being ‘rigged’ and feared the network airing it was making a political statement in passing Bristol on to the final.”

    I don’t think the competition was “rigged” why Bristol is entering the final. I think why people voted for her is because they not only support her but also her mother. I don’t know if voting for her was to make a political point or not but I think the message of supporting Bristol Palin is getting mixed up. there are people who do support her but they realize her dancing skills and are worried that maybe she was voted for the wrong reasons and maybe publicly humiliated in the future, then there are the more hard core supporters who just support her no matter what and won’t criticize her regardless, and then you got the bashers who will criticize her and her family no matter what and try to make the Palins look bad no matter what. I do have to agree that dancing may not be one of Bristol’s best fields but her mother is right that Bristol can’t let anyone stop her to do what she wants to do and just enjoy it, people will have their own opinions about her but that shouldn’t stop Bristol. everyone is jumping into the mixed messages mixing them up more and are getting caught up in the moment, including her mother Sarah. the messages need to be sorted out first before anyone can make a clear point

  • TfT

    More PDS from mediaite staff. Really Frances, you are truly pathetic. And yet, still NO condemnation from mediaite regarding the death threats to Bristol. Figures.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Hawk11 said:
    You go Gordo!!!! Most men are watching Monday Night Football right now, but you’re the real man… worshiping a 19 year old girl in a dance competition.

    I don’t watch the show and the only clip I have seen has been right here on Mediaite.
    You are not too bright are you? I only watch football when the Bears or Notre Dame are playing.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    MediaWhore said:
    Gordon, is it your moustache or your wig that insists on watching Dancing With the Stars?

    I have been looking for that wig but I can’t find one. You should get your eyes checked. Sorry, maybe you need a brain to see?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    I don’t like her because she’s a mean-spirited, son-of-a-bitch, attack dog for the far right.
    Was it really necessary to attack Michelle Obama as unpatriotic and America-hating in her new book?

    LOL, Telling the truth about the Obama’s is an attack. LOL.
    It is that kind of reasoning that elected the dumbest president in history. It was the electoral vote from those 57 states that sole the election.
    Why do you always expose just how stupid you are?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    jrcmi said:
    I wonder how many of those Bristol votes came from gordim’s mom’s basement, aka gordimworld radio headquarters.

    Isn’t wonderful that my three little words drove all this hatred. jrcmi, they just had a vote in your town and you came out on top. You are now the official Village Idiot.

  • nighean donn

    Oh Sarah…people don’t hate Bristol. They hate the fact that your tea bag people are voting for her like sheep, whether they watch the show or not. That’s what’s wrong. She may be a loverly young single mother who now decides that abstinence is best (talk about shutting the barn door too late), but she dances like a Clydesdale
    (thanks to the above poster ~ I was looking for the proper animal).

    The only people politicizing this are your people Sarah….they’ve taken a silly dance show and made it all about you! You go Grizzly, you go.

  • Judge Mental

    “[M]any accused the program of being ‘rigged’ and feared the network airing it was making a political statement in passing Bristol on to the final.”

    Yes, I’m sure that ABC rigged the program to make a political statement. Where do people come up with this nonsense? And why is the MSM making such a big deal about this? It’s a damn (silly) dancing competition, folks. Get a grip.

  • More Liberty

    Judge Mental said:
    Yes, I’m sure that ABC rigged the program to make a political statement. Where do people come up with this nonsense? And why is the MSM making such a big deal about this? It’s a damn (silly) dancing competition, folks. Get a grip.

    Good point. Meanwhile, there is a war going on where many of our young men and women are being killed. But hey, let’s focus on this stupid stuff.

  • Pablo

    Fox News: Forcing Me To Humiliate Myself Every Day said:
    Congratulations to the Freepers for once again proving that they will vote personality over ability every time, as long they think it furthers their far right agenda; that includes something as frivolous as a television dancing competition that should be free of politics.

    Wait, who elected a shiny hopey changey empty suit over the vastly more able and experience John McCain? That was not the Freepers, IIRC.

  • flagringo

    Hey Dan Abrams, how much of your website traffic is caused by Fox News posts, hhmmmmmmmm???

    And website traffic = $$$$$$$$$, doesn’t it???????

    So, how much $$$ are you making off of Fox News? The only posts of MSNBC are related to hosts responding to Fox News……If there was no Fox News, your website would hardly have any CONTENT, right????

    ….and Dan Abrams wouldn’t have much revenue, either.

    Dan Abrams, profiting off of the children of Sarah Palin….yup..

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: If Bristol wasn’t on it who would watch it?

  • Cecelia

    Haters are going to hate…so we might as well dance.

    GREAT line!

  • justanotherconservative

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    I don’t like her because she’s a mean-spirited, son-of-a-bitch, attack dog for the far right. Was it really necessary to attack Michelle Obama as unpatriotic and America-hating in her new book?No, it wasn’t. The election is over and Michelle never ran for anything anyway. But she needs to cater to her base of teabloggers and loons, and nothing does that better than popping a cap in Michelle’s ass. So if she is gonna dish it then she better damn well learn how to take it. And her little dog too!!!

    was it necessary to attack palin’s pregnant teenage daughter? was it necessary to attack palin for choosing to have a child with handicaps? was it necessary for letterman to make some gross joke about palin’s other younger teenage daughter and a new york yankee hooking up? c’mon, asshole. who is the more vicious hater????

  • Hawk11

    gordonbloyershow said:
    I don’t watch the show and the only clip I have seen has been right here on Mediaite.
    You are not too bright are you? I only watch football when the Bears or Notre Dame are playing.

    Hey Gordo… You really shouldn’t challenge the intellectual integrity of people that offer far more intelligent and constructive comments than you could ever come up with.
    Also, If you’re not watching her, then why vote for her? Could it be that in life you simply vote for the name, and not the credentials? Kind of like you do with politics?

    Still a putz!!

  • bealzebubba

    So, did she win or is that tonight? I hate “reality TV” so I don’t watch this stuff…not to mention I don’t think it’s “real” either. I think that all these audience participation shows are decided from the beginning and everything else is fluff.

  • Just4thefax

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    Please Bristol, win. Then ten million dance fans can join the rest of Americans who are sick of the whole goddamn Palin Klan.

    Fact: I see that you are a continuous Palin groupie poster!

  • writer

    BFD accuses someone of being hateful. The gift that keeps on giving. Always good for a laugh.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

    More Liberty said:
    Good point. Meanwhile, there is a war going on where many of our young men and women are being killed. But hey, let’s focus on this stupid stuff.

    Yep. Because wars are depressing and don’t generate good ratings.

  • Cromagnam

    Bristol Palin in the DWS finals!!! Love it!!! You go girl. I pray she takes it all!!! It’s fun and rather disturbing to watch you Liberals having uncontrollable convulsions over all things Sarah Palin. It’s Palin Derangement Syndrome in all its Glory. Love It!!! Bristol Palin in the DWS finals!!! and “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” Love them both!!! What a unique and marvelous way to undermine her detractors and come directly to us!!! The real people of America!!! She is a Smart, Crafty and Amazing Woman!!! I hope the liberal media along with all you detractors and haters continue to attack and under-estimate the admiration, power and love real America has for Gov. Sarah Palin and her family. You idiots got spanked at the midterms and you’ll be spanked again in 2012. RUN SARAH RUN!!!

  • PBerg

    And Palin should know all about Haters !

    It was Palin’s rallies back in Fall 2008=—-that started this hate in this country! Allowing those Angry little racist pigs in her crowds to yell “n*gger’, ‘Hang him”, etc is what started all of this hate, and she can take the credit for it!

    Sarah Palin needs to be horse whipped ! You can take a girl out of the hills, but the hillbilly stays in her the rest of her life. For everyone of you Palin cult members, like you Cromagnum, worshipping her because you think it is somehow sticking it to the Democrats, I understand that you too, are nothing more than the lowest caste of humans in the country. You only feel self esteem, when you are dragging someone else down ! It really must suck to have so much hate in your guts.

  • PBerg

    nighean donn —You are correct—-until Operation Bristol was exposed , that every Mondy , Sarah was tweeting and facebooking her cult members to call the phone number she listed, and Every Repug blog was showing the number all day encouraging their sheep to call in, nobody really cared that Bristol was on making a fool of herself, donned in monkey suits, having to be clothed in costumes that hid her fat, etc.

    And No, not a clsyddale—more like a COW, which is why she does nothing more than shake her boobs back and forth and considers that dance! Maybe that is why Gordie is so mesmorized! But then gordie looks like he is not the sharpest tack in the box !

  • Nachi

    And Sarah & her followers certainly do know a lot about “hate.” Duh. Hillbillies of the world, unite!!!

  • sarainitaly

    PBerg said:
    Here’s alittle REAL reality for you.

    The conservative website Hillbuzz.org claimed to have cracked ABC’s online voting system by registering fake emails — resulting in one person claiming to have voted for Palin 300 times in three hours.
    But a big name behind the network’s highly-rated dancing competition aid this is impossible.

    “It’s possible to register lots of email addresses, but the IP address identifies which computer sent it,”executive producer Conrad Green told the Daily News. “If that does happen, we wipe out [those votes]. We have a number of security checks to identify people trying to multiple vote.”

    While he would not reveal specific details for “security purposes,” he said that votes associated with texts, emails and phone calls go through a secure system.

    Though a voter may try to use their landline and their cell phone to vote for one contestant more than once, Green said a breakdown of votes shows this is rarely the case.

    An ABC spokesman added that an integrity report ensures consistency between votes registered by phone as opposed to email.
    After being voted off “Dancing with the Stars” on Tuesday, pro dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy told eonline.com that he believed the voting system was flawed because his friends in Philadelphia were not able to get though ABC’s phone lines.

    But Green said this is just par of the course on a popular show.

    “Local phone services get jammed due to volume, that’s technical limitations due to popularity,” he said. “It’s just the nature of the beast but it affects everyone equally.”

    Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/11/18/2010-11-18_dancing_with_the_stars_voting_system_is_secure_against_multiple_votes_fraud_abc_.html#ixzz1696jPADi

    THIS is the reason that Democrats have learned to hate the Palins. First of all, Momma tweets and facebooks out the phone number every monday, to her cult. Secondly every Right Wing blog urges it’s bloggers to vote, and vote as many times as they can. And when they are at it, it bogs down all the lines. See—THIS is how Republicans in the USA like to hold elections! They are their own ACORN!

    OH BULLSHT! Who the heck are you trying to FOOL?. Bristol has been on DWTS for a couple of months. The Palin hatred started in the fall of 2008. What the hell are you smoking?

    Where are her tweets with the phone number? Where are her FB notes with the number?
    http://twitter.com/#!/SarahPalinUSA

    You’re not LYING are you?

    You find it wrong that a contestant’s mother tweets out the number for people to vote for her daughter? First of all, where are the tweets. And second of all, WHF is wrong if she did? You think NO ONE has ever done that before? Do you think Bristol has some unfair advantage – that she has some fan base that the other contestants don’t have? Seriously?

    Every right wing blog urges people to vote for Bristol? Who else besides Hillbuzz (which stands for Hillary Clinton Buzz).

    “Vote for Jennifer Grey”
    http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7344248-jennifer-grey-vote-for-me-to-win-dancing-with-the-stars
    http://robotceleb.com/news/25790-11082010-vote-jennifer-grey-win-2010-dwts.html
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/wishfulslinking/bristol-palins-dancing-wi_3_n_787361_68433383.html
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/t/somebody-start-an-online-_4811577408626688.html
    http://terryaley.com/2010/11/17/dancing-with-the-stars-to-vote-for-jennifer-grey-here-is-the-phone/
    http://reluctantcougar.blogspot.com/2010/09/vote-for-jennifer-grey.html
    http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics/browse_thread/thread/944245017e7d70ca?pli=1
    http://www.examiner.com/web-news/dwts-vote
    http://tweetils.com/suggester/suggest.php?keyword=Jennifer+Grey&results=100

    I can continue, if you’d like….

    Did it ever occur to YOU that people are supporting Bristol because she has come a long way, has received 9’s from the judges, didn’t know how to dance when she agreed to do the show, unlike Grey or Brandy, and people are sick and f*cking tired of listening to the nasty attacks on the Palin family, especially on the kids?

    Take a gander around the forum and read the hate spewing forth from Palin haters – people who are only attacking Bristol, the underdog, BECAUSE of who her mother is.
    http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/discuss?cat=23170

  • sarainitaly

    PBerg said:
    It was Palin’s rallies back in Fall 2008=—-that started this hate in this country! Allowing those Angry little racist pigs in her crowds to yell “n*gger’, ‘Hang him”, etc is what started all of this hate, and she can take the credit for it!

    http://www.timesleader.com/news/breakingnews/Secret_Service_says_Kill_him_allegation_unfounded_.html
    http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/16/secret-service-finds-no-basis-for-kill-him-smear/

    Palin started the hate? Really?
    http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=621
    http://www.ringospictures.com/index.php?page=20090816
    http://flic.kr/p/6Mzswn
    http://flic.kr/p/6Mzs7B

  • sarainitaly

    PBerg said:
    You only feel self esteem, when you are dragging someone else down ! It really must suck to have so much hate in your guts.

    You should really, really, really examine your own comments.

  • sarainitaly

    Sally Quinn — who says “Dancing is my religion” — denounces Bristol Palin’s success on “Dancing with the Stars” as “unholy.”

    And this strangely sanctimonious journalist — she’s writing in the always awful “On Faith” section of The Washington Post — condemns Palin voters for “cheating” 7 paragraphs after she confesses to doing something that is at least as much cheating as what the Palin fans are said to be doing.

    My husband and I are “DWTS” fanatics. We plan our social life around it, often regretting invitations that fall on the night of the show….

    Ridiculous!

    Not only that, but I vote. Under the show’s rules, you’re allowed to vote five times on one line. I have six lines at home and my cell, so I vote as many times as I can for my favorite.

    So this lady, this longtime Washington powerbroker, has 6 phone lines, and she maxes each line out, each week, voting 30 times. But that’s the show’s rules. They can’t tell how many individuals vote are voting. They can only see phone numbers. So if your family of 5 watches the show and you — you economic losers — only have one phone, you can make 5 calls. Sally Quinn happens to have 6 phone lines, so she gets 30 votes — under the rules.

    This season, I’m voting for Jennifer Grey all the way. She is by far the best dancer on the show.

    http://althouse.blogspot.com/2010/11/sally-quinn-who-says-dancing-is-my.html

  • timcajun

    I don’t think Sarah or Bristol shoud be blamed for wanting to win, but it is clear the teas will do anything! Happy vote fixing!

  • Fuzzytoes

    I don’t hate anyone especially the Palins. You have provided me with way to much drama and humor, I really enjoy you. I wish you would perform some new hick stuff your schtick is getting old.

    I do throw away a tea bag because it gets used up real quick and is then just waste.

    I am thankful this Thanksgiving for the Palins and the entertainment they provide. Keep up the good work. And i sincerely hope you find a real daddy for that child.

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